The sugar present in a nucleotide is a

Oligosaccharide

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Monosaccharide

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Polysaccharide

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Disaccharide

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Solution

The correct option is B
Monosaccharide

A nucleotide has three chemically distinct components. One is a heterocyclic compound (nitrogenous base), the second is a monosaccharide (pentose sugar-deoxyribose sugar if it is a DNA and ribose sugar if it is an RNA) and the third a phosphoric acid or phosphate group.

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